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Prepare to get to the airport early this Thanksgiving as this year is predicted to be the busiest ever for travelers. According to new data from Airlines 4 America (A4A), an industry trade organization, an estimated 30.6 million passengers will board a U.S. airlines flight during the 12-day period around Thanksgiving. Last year, the number of travelers in the same period was about 29 million. This year’s busiest day for travel is expected to be Sunday, Nov....

There is nothing quite like watching the northern lights dance across a clear night sky. The northern lights (a.k.a. aurora borealis) have drawn people north year after year in an effort to witness one of Earth’s most spectacular natural phenomena. To catch the light show, you need to be up north in a place with skies so dark that the greens, purples, and reds of the aurora can pop. And it doesn’t hurt if there’s a body of water to reflect the sky’s stunning show....

Massachusetts’ Stone Zoo announced last week that three newborn baby otters born in mid-February and are bonding with their mother before they make their official public debut. “The kits [proper name for a baby otter] are doing well and are bonding with their mother behind the scenes,” the zoo announced on Instagram. The North American River otters were born to Dunkin, a four-year-old otter and first-time mom, and Sushi, a 16-year-old otter who recently passed away, due to age....

Aiming to make deciding where to travel a bit easier, as COVID-19 continues to spark restrictions and rules for traveling around the United States, United Airlines created an interactive, color-coded map detailing everything travelers need to know ahead of planning a trip. The map lists everything from whether or not entry into a state is allowed, potential quarantine measures, testing requirements, and even mask mandates for all 50 states and Washington D....

NYC & Company wants you to take an “NYC-cation” and explore all the best Hispanic and Latino neighborhoods across the five boroughs to mark the end of National Hispanic Heritage Month. “In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, NYC & Company invites locals and regional visitors to join in celebrating New York City’s Hispanic and Latino communities, this month and beyond,” Fred Dixon, president of NYC & Company, said in a statement....

It’s time to get a powerful new perspective on life, the universe, and everything. Yes, things aren’t going too well on planet Earth in 2022, but worrying won’t get us anywhere. So instead, take a step back from everything that’s going on and just consider this: we all live on a little blue-green planet orbiting an average star on the outskirts of a massive galaxy of up to 400 billion other suns....

This year’s World’s Best Awards survey was open for voting January 11 through May 10, 2021, as destinations around the world were lifting COVID-19 restrictions. Survey rules have always allowed readers to reflect on their travel experiences over a three-year period. We hope that this year’s honorees will inspire your own travels as you get back out into the world. Like the song says, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone....

Whether you’re looking for adventure, family-friendly activities, good food, or luxurious hotels, you’ll find what you’re looking for in Costa Rica. The beautiful country, filled with rainforests, beaches, river valleys, and biodiverse wildlife as well as restaurants, bars, and luxe hotels, has always been a great place to take a vacation, but it has gained popularity as an amazing destination in the last few years. It’s no wonder, considering that there’s literally something for everyone when you plan a getaway there....

When you think about the most beautiful places on earth, images of pristine white sand beaches on remote tropical islands often come to mind. And while there are plenty of spectacular beaches on this list of the world’s most beautiful islands, there are other, more unexpected draws as well. From the limestone cliffs of the Philippines’s Palawan Island to the jagged Dientes de Navarino mountains of Isla Navarino off Chile; from the towering fir trees of Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest U....

Dreaming of a luxury vacation? If five-star accommodations, top-notch service, and a private, spa-like oasis sounds like your ideal romantic getaway, we have the perfect hotels for you. We’ve rounded up some of the most stunning hotel rooms with private pools in breathtaking destinations around the world. Picture overwater villas in the Maldives, plunge pools with incredible wildlife views, and plenty of privacy for couples. Here are 20 of the best hotels with in-room pools that are worthy of your travel bucket list....

As Travel + Leisure is celebrating its golden anniversary, we as editors spent months digging through the archives. We found nostalgic ads, incredible covers, iconic contributors (Slim Aarons, Authur Miller, Joan Didion, Julia Child, and many more), but also noticed how much the travel industry has changed since 1971. Read on to see the 25 events that have affected the way we travel forever. From left: The first Travel + Leisure magazine from 1971; A cover from 1947; 1976....

“You just watched the newest land on earth be made” is not something you typically hear during a long weekend getaway in the summer. But that’s what my tour guide was telling me just hours after finishing up work for the week. I was in Iceland for my first international trip since February 2020 and was there for just two nights. Incredibly, it was the perfect amount of time to experience bucket-list-worthy adventure, city exploration, and desperately-needed relaxation....

Cruising around the U.S. on a motorcycle makes for the perfect pandemic outing. After all, motorcycle touring offers the ultimate in social distancing. It’s also tremendous fun, turning a road trip into a dopamine-charged adventure as you open the throttle and sweep through the curves. Plus, you’ll never feel such a sense of freedom and heightened awareness, nor so close to nature, from inside a car. All that’s required is a great set of wheels, the correct protective road gear, and a bit of planning....

Airbus announced this week that it will end production of the world’s largest passenger jet, the A380, in 2021. Emirates reduced a previous order of 53 A380 aircraft to just 14, and Airbus said it will no longer take new orders and will halt production of the aircraft. “As a result of this decision we have no substantial A380 backlog and hence no basis to sustain production, despite all our sales efforts with other airlines in recent years,” Airbus CEO Tom Enders said in a statement....

Alaska Airlines is the latest carrier to offer preflight COVID-19 testing for passengers heading to Hawaii. Partnering with Carbon Health, testing will take place at a pop-up clinic in downtown Seattle for $135 and results will be available in tow hours. Alaska Airlines passengers will be able to receive priority testing on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The testing initiative comes as Hawaii prepares to drop its 14-day mandatory quarantine for out-of-state visitors on Oct....

Families looking for a getaway that will keep everyone happy, entertained, and even educated can end their search on a small island off northern Florida’s Atlantic coast. About 35 minutes from Jacksonville Airport, Amelia Island is home to clear water, rolling sand dunes, and the newly renovated The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island. Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island On my recent visit there, I watched kids splashing in the pool, trailing along with the resort’s onsite naturalist as she carried Amelia, a blue and yellow macaw, on her morning walk, and coloring wooden tortoises in the special activity room set aside for daily nature programs....

UPDATE (January 16, 2020, 2:40pm EST): According to E! News, a representative for Britney Spears stated that the previously reported story about her supposed art show in France is “inaccurate and she is not involved.” A former version of this story reported the art show to be genuine, but, as it turns out, the announcement was actually a hoax. Sadly, this means the singer will not be gracing the art world with her whimsical flower paintings....

What day is it? “It’s October 3rd.” And while that usually means “Mean Girls” memes and channeling your inner Lindsay Lohan, this year it means something bigger, because the cast of the hit movie just reunited for the first time since 2004. And all for a very good reason. Brought together by Katie Couric and the film’s writer and co-star Tina Fey, the cast — Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Rachel McAdams, Ana Gasteyer, Tim Meadows, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan, Jonathan Bennett, Rajiv Surendra, and Daniel Franzese — got together to encourage people to register to vote and to cast their ballots in just one month on Nov....

After their burst of popularity, electronic scooters are getting banned or temporarily suspended in cities around the world, as accidents, including ones that are fatal, increase. This month, Singapore announced a temporary ban on e-scooters on sidewalks after several accidents and one fatality. It could become an all-out ban next year, Lam Pin Min, Singapore’s senior minister of state for transport, announced, according to CNN. Last month, France banned e-scooters from pavements and introduced new rules regarding riders, including that they must be at least 12 years old....

Calling all cruisers: yesterday in New York at its State of the Industry Conference, Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) released some very exciting news. The industry is moving full steam ahead: bookings are up (this year CLIA expects 17.6 million passengers in North America alone),cruises in Asia are expanding to meet the needs of China’s burgeoning middle class (there will be 7 million Chinese cruisers a year by 2020, according to Carnival Asia Chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi), and nearly every line is introducing a new ship or revamp of some sort (read more in T+L Cruise Editor Jane Wooldridge’s recent piece)....